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1
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This is Burgundy’s largest white wine-growing region?

A

Chablis

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2
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Name three communes contained within the Grand Auxerrois?

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Vezelay
Irancy
Tonnerre
Joigny

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This is Burgundy’s second largest white wine-producing region?

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Maconnais

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This is traditionally the wettest month of the growing season in Burgundy?

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May

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5
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What is Chardonnay referred to as in the Yonne?

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Beaunois

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6
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What is Chardonnay a crossing of?

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Pinot Noir

Gouais Blanc

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7
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Name the appelation in the Yonne that focuses on Sauvignon Blanc?

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Saint-Bris AOP

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8
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Pinot Blanc is a green-skinned mutation of?

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Pinot Noir

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9
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What is Pinot Gris referred to as in Burgundy?

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Pinot Beurot

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10
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Name three varieties found in the Yonne aside from Pinot Noir & Chardonnay?

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Cesar
Tressot
Sacy

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11
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The reds of Irancy are based off this grape?

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Cesar

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12
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Grand Cru AOPs account for what percentage of production in Burgundy?

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2%

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13
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Which additional grape does Coteaux Bourguignons AOP allow in its wines?

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Gamay

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14
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Where are the Bourgogne Hautes Cote de Nuits AOP & Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Beaune AOP located?

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Low mountains just west of the Cote d’Or

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15
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What color are Cote de Beaune Villages AOP wines?

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Red

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16
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Which villages in the Cote de Beaune are not allowed to provide red fruit for Cote de Beaune Villages AOP wines?

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Pommard
Volnay
Aloxe-Corton
Beaune

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17
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Which villages in the Cote de Beaune are not allowed to provide red fruit for Cote de Beaune Villages AOP wines?

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Pommard
Volnay
Aloxe-Corton
Beaune

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18
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Name three villages that provide fruit for Cote de Nuits-Villages AOP wines?

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Fixin
Brochon
Prissey
Corgoloin
Comblanchien
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19
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This grape provides the wine base for a Kir cocktail?

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Aligote

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20
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What are the minimum compositional requirements form Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP?

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30% Pinot Noir

15% Gamay

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21
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Name Burgundy’s two sparkling wine AOPs?

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Cremant de Bourgogne AOP

Bourgogne Mousseux AOP

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22
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What kind of wines does Bourgogne Mouesseux AOP produce?

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Sparkling reds via traditional method

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23
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What is particular about Cremant de Bourgogne AOP?

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All fruit must be hand-harvested

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24
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This commune is the concentration of production for Cremant de Bourgogne AOP?

A

Rully (Macon)

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25
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Name one stipulation of grand cru monopole law?

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All fruit must be hand-harvested

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26
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This is the smallest grand cru in Burgundy? It’s size? The proprietor?

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a) La Romanee
b) .85 ha
c) Domaine Liger-Belair

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27
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This is the largest grand cru in Burgundy? It’s size?

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a) Corton

b) 160 ha

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28
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Explain “murgers.”

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Piles of rock removed from vineyards during tilling

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29
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Define “climat.” How many total climats exist in Burgundy?

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a) A single vineyard in Burgundy

b) More than 1200

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30
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Define “parcel.”

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A single, contiguous holding within a vineyard owned entirely by one grower

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31
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Define “clos.”

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A vineyard enclosed by a stone wall

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32
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Define “commune.”

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An administrative unit of local government encapsulating a town and its immediate surroundings

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33
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Blagny is considered a _______________ of Pulligny-Montrachet.

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Hamlet

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34
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From what vintage forward was Comte de Vogue’s Musigny blanc declassified to Bourgogne AOP?

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1994

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35
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Name three areas encompassed by the Comtes Rhodanienes IGP?

A

Beaujolais AOP
Savoie (parts)
Northern Rhone Valley

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36
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These were considered to be the first “Burgundians?” They arrived in which century?

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a) Germanic Barbarians

b) 5th Century AD

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37
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This was the first appearance of a “grand cru” in Burgundy? During what century?

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a) Chambertin-Clos de Beze

b) 7th Century AD

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38
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These were the two most influential monastic orders in the early development of Burgundy?

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Benedictines

Cistercians

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39
Q

Explain the origins of Romanee-Conti?

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In 1131, the priory of Saint-Vivant de Vergy was gifted several plots of unplanted land in Vosne. Once planted, the “Clos de Cinq Journaux” would become the modern day Romanee-Conti.

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40
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The first “clos” vineyard appeared courtesy of the? The vineyard?

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a) Cistercians

b) Clos de Vougeot

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41
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Name four grand crus cultivated by the Cistercians.

A

Montrachet
Echezeaux
Richebourg
Musigny

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42
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This year saw the uprooting of most of Burgundy’s prized vineyards only to be replanted with Pinot noir? By whose orders?

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a) 1395

b) Philip the Bold

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43
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This was the first year of the infamous “Hospices de Beaune” auction?

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1859

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44
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Approximately how many wines does the Hospices du Beaune produce annually for auction?

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Four dozen

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45
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1676 saw the first climat-labeled wines courtesy of these two vineyards?

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Chambertin

Chambertin-Clos de Beze

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46
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This was the first “real” classification of Burgundy.

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Denis Blaise-Morelot

1831

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47
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This is considered to be the first “seminal” classification of Burgundy?

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Jules Lavalle’s

1855

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48
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When/where was the first instance of Phylloxera in Burgundy?

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1878/Meursault

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49
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This man designed the pruning system by which most of Burgundy was replanted to in the 19th century?

A

Dr. Jules Guyot

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50
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What is coupage?

A

The labeling of wine based on flavor profile (such as the case with port)

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51
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The AOC system was introduced in this year?

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1935

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52
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The first AOC premiere cru appered in this year?

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1942

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53
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What is “fermage?”

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A simple agreement in which the tenant pays cash to lease a plot of land

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54
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What is “metayage?”

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A form of sharecropping in which a vigneron farms a parcel of land they do not own and makes the wines for the owner in exchange for the opportunity to take fruit from the parcel for his own wines

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55
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What is primogeniture?

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The right of the firstborn son to inherit the family’s estate

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56
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The Napoleonic Code was established in this year?

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1804

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57
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This is the largest land-owning entity in the Cote d’Or? The year the house was established?

A

a) Bouchard Pere et Fils

b) 1731

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58
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Name three of the earliest advocates of domaine bottling in Burgundy.

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Armand Rousseau
Marquis d’Angerville
Henri Gouges
Grivot

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59
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Approximately how many domaines exist in Burgundy (with production of at least 10,000 bottles)?

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4,000

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60
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The average amount of land owned by a domaine in Burgundy?

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7-8 ha

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61
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Name two early-employed preventative measures to combat phylloxera?

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Flooding vineyards

Carbon disulfide treatments

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62
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Romanee-Conti was finally replanted to phylloxera resistant rootstocks after this vintage?

A

1945

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63
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The prevalent vine-training system of Chablis?

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Double Guyot

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64
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The prevalent vine-training system of the Cote d’Or?

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Single Guyot

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65
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Name two significant vineyards in which rows do not follow the typical east-west orientation?

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Clos de Lambrays
La Romanee
Clos de Tart

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66
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Cote d’Or AOP requires no less than _________ vines planted per ha.

A

9,000

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67
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The common vine-spacing in the Cote d’Or?

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1 x 1 Meter

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68
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Define “Lutte Raisonnee.”

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Whereby a grower limits chemical applications to times of necessity.

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69
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Define “Lutte Integree.”

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Compounding from the ideals of Lutte Raisonee, Lutte Integree first considers natural methods in place of synthetic methods when combatting pests.

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70
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This was the first estate to adopt a biodynamic approach in the Cote d’Or? Year?

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a) Domaine Jean-Claude Rateau

b) 1979

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71
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Name two recent vintages highly affected by rot/mildew?

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2007
2011
2012

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72
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This wood-rotting disease has been the most recent concern of Burgundy’s vineyards?

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Eutypa dieback

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73
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This bacterial infection is another area of recent concern for Burgundian vineyards? What spreads the disease?

A

a) Flavescence doree

b) Leafhopper insects

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74
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Name two hail-ridden vintages from the mid-twentieth century.

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1945
1951
1953
1957

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75
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Explain aspersion.

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Vignerons spray vines with water to protect spring buds in a cocoon of ice which prevents temperatures inside from further plummeting.

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76
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The last truly devastating frost year in Burgundy?

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1985

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77
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Three recently troubled vintages in the Cote de Beaune from hail?

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2012
2013
2014

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78
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What is coulure?

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A viticultural hazard that is the result of metabolic reactions to weather conditions that causes a failure of grapes to develop after flowering (shatter).

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79
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What is millerandage?

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A potential viticultural hazard problem in which grape bunches contain berries that differ greatly in size and, most importantly, maturity.

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80
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What is selection clonale?

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Replanting using clones

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81
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What is selection massale?

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Propagating with cuttings from various existing vines in the vineyard

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82
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The famous appearance of Pinot Blanc in 1936?

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Henri Gouges “Clos des Porrets”

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83
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This was the year clonal selections began to appear in Burgundian vineyards?

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1971

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84
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The first Dijon clones were based off of cuttings from this vineyard?

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Domaine Ponsot “Clos de la Roche”

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85
Q

What are some of the benefits of cold soaking?

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Color extraction, less astringent tannin development, enhances development of fruit aromatics

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86
Q

The maximum intracellular ABV that can be produced through carbonic maceration?

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2%

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87
Q

Two other regions outside of Beaujolais that employ carbonic/semi-carbonic techniques?

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Rhone Valley

Loire Valley

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88
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What does stem inclusion do to the pH of a final wine?

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Raise levels because of potassium harbored in the stems

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89
Q

Some attribute this process to premature oxidation if White Burgundy?

A

Whole-bunch pressing

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90
Q

Is Chaptalization legal in Burgundy?

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Yes

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91
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What is subtractive must enrichment?

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Allows producer to remove water from the must to concentrate the remainder by a maximum factor of 10%

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92
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Is acidification legal in Burgundy?

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Yes

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93
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Is it legal to both chaptalize/acidify the same wine?

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No

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94
Q

When does malo typically finish?

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Between March & June of the following year after harvest

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95
Q

Where is the Francois Frere cooperage located?

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Saint-Romain

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96
Q

What is the volume of a “piece?”

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228 L

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97
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The village of Chablis sits on the banks of which river?

A

Serein River

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98
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Name the three governing AOPs of Chablis?

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Petit Chablis AOP
Chablis AOP
Chablis Grand Cru AOP

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99
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These two disastrous occurrences pillaged Chablis in the 1880s?

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Phylloxera

Powdery Mildew

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100
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True or False: 95% of Chablis is mechanically-harvested?

101
Q

This year saw premier crus added to the Chablis AOP regulations?

102
Q

Explain the composition of Kimmeridgian soils.

A

Crumbly, chalky marl (limestone & clay) with abundant fossil content (tiny oyster imprints)

103
Q

Less desirable growing areas in Chablis have their Kimmeridgian soils buried under _____________?

A

Portlandian Limestone (less porous & less mineral-rich)

104
Q

Most Petit Chablis AOP wines are produced from soils dominated by _________________?

A

Portlandian Limestone

105
Q

What is “La Moutonne?”

A

A climat that overlaps the grand crus of Preuses and Vaudesir which belongs solely to Domaine Long-Depaquit

106
Q

Name the (7) Grand Crus of Chablis.

A 
Les Clos
Bougros
Blanchot
Valmur
Vaudesir
Les Grenouilles
Preuses
107
Q

State maximum yields and minimum ABV for Chablis AOP? Chablis Grand Cru AOP?

A

a) 60 hl/ha, 10% ABV

b) 54 hl/ha, 11% ABV

108
Q

Name five Chablis premier crus on the right bank of the Serein.

A 
Fourchaume
Vacoupin
Mont de Mileu
Montee de Tonnerre
Les Forneaux
109
Q

Name five Chablis premier crus on the left bank of the Serein.

A 
Vaudevay
Vaillions
Mont Mains (contains La Forest (Foret))
Cote de Lechet
Les Beauregards
110
Q

How many premier crus exist in Chablis? How many climats?

A

a) 17

b) 40

111
Q

The smallest premier cru in Chablis?

A

Cote de Cuisy (less than .5 ha)

112
Q

The largest premier crus in Chablis?

A

Fourchaume

Vaillons (both over 100 ha)

113
Q

Billaud-Simon belongs to which negociant house?

114
Q

The Cote d’Or lies on the western edge of the __________?

A

Saone River Plain

115
Q

The maximum width of the Cote d’Or?

116
Q

The maximum slope height of the Cote d’Or?

117
Q

How do the soils of the Cote de Beaune compare with those of the Cote de Nuits?

A

Greater amounts of marl; less limestone

118
Q

How many 1er crus does Marsannay have? Name its foremost domain.

A

a) 0

b) Domaine Bruno Clair

119
Q

This is the only village appellation in all of Burgundy that permits white, red, and rose wines?

120
Q

This is the only source of 1er cru blanc wines in Fixin?

A

Clos de la Perriere (Domaine de la Perriere monopole)

121
Q

The Gevrey-Chambertin AOP contains vineyards in these two communes?

A

Gevrey-Chambertin

Brochon

122
Q

Name the (9) grand crus of Gevrey-Chambertin.

A 
Chambertin
Chambertin-Clos de Beze
Ruchottes-Chambertin
Mazis-Chambertin
Mazoyeres-Chambertin
Charmes-Chambertin
Griotte-Chambertin
Latricieres-Chambertin
Chappelle-Chambertin
123
Q

What additional AOP can Mazoyeres-Chambertin wines be released under?

A

Charmes-Chambertin

124
Q

Name three top 1er cru sites in Gevrey-Chambertin

A

Clos St. Jacques
Les Cazetiers
Aux Combottes

125
Q

What is unique about Aux Combottes?

A

It is the only 1er cru site in Burgundy surrounded by grand crus on all four sides.

126
Q

Name the (5) grand crus of Morey-Saint-Denis

A 
Saint-Denis
Clos de la Roche
Clos de Tart (Mommessin monopole)
Clos de Lambrays (Domaine des Lambrays monopole)
Bonnes Marres (a very small portion of)
127
Q

What does Clos de la Roche translate to?

A

The vineyard on the rocks

128
Q

Name four top producers based in Morey-St-Denis.

A 
Domaine Ponsot
Domaine Dujac
Hubert Lignier
Clos de Tart
Domine Perrot-Minot
Robert Groffier
129
Q

What does 1er cru Mont Luisants permit in its white wines? The only producer to do so?

A

a) Aligote

b) Domaine Ponsot

130
Q

The (2) grand crus of Chambolle-Musigny.

A 
Musigny
Bonnes Mares (90%)
131
Q

Name the (3) liuex-dits of Musigny?

A

Le Musigny
Les Petits Musigny
La Combe d-Orveaux

132
Q

The majority owner of Musigny?

A

Domaine Georges Comte de Vogue (75%)

133
Q

The producer of Musigny blanc? Vines were replanted when? What has the wine been labeled as since?

A

a) Domaine Georges Comte de Vogue
b) 1990
c) Bourgogne blanc

134
Q

Chambolle-Musigny’s top 1er cru? 4 other notable 1er crus?

A

a) Les Amoureuses

b) Les Fuees, Les Charmes, Les Veroilles, Les Cras

135
Q

4 notable producers based in Chambolle-Musigny?

A

Domaine Comte Gerorges de Vogue
Domaine Georges Roumier
Ghislaine Barthod
Domaine JF Mugnier

136
Q

The castle at Clos du Vougeot is occupied by the __________?

A

Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin

137
Q

This the largest grand cru in the Cote de Nuits? The size?

A

a) Clos de Vougeot

b) 50 ha

138
Q

How many growers are vested in Clos de Vougeot?

139
Q

Does Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru AOP produce white wine?

A

No. Only at the 1er cru level.

140
Q

Name the (6) grand crus of Vosne-Romanee?

A 
Romanee-Conti
La Tache
Richebourg
La Romanee
La Grand Rue
Romanee-St-Vivant
141
Q

This is the smallest grand cru in Burgundy?

A

La Romanee (.85 ha; monopole of Domaine Liger Belair)

142
Q

Name 5 1er crus of Vosne-Romanee?

A 
Cros Parantoux
Les Beaux Monts
Aux Malconsorts
Les Suchots
Les Petit Monts
Aux Brulees
143
Q

Name 5 of Vosne-Romanee’s top producers.

A 
Domaine de la Romanee Conti
Domaine Meo Camuzet
Domaine Anne Gros
Domaine Liger-Belair
Domaine Sylvain-Cathiard
Domaine Leroy
144
Q

This domaine owns the largest share of both St-Vivant & Richebourg?

A

Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

145
Q

How large is Echezeaux? How many separate lieux-dits does it contain?

A

a) 38 ha

b) 11

146
Q

Who owns the largest shares in both Echezeaux & Grands Echezeaux?

A

Domaine de la Romanee Conti

147
Q

Two star producers of Echezeaux?

A

Domaine Emmanuel Rouget

Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret

148
Q

Nuits-St-Georges contains how many 1er crus? What type of wines are they authorized for?

A

a) 41

b) Red/White

149
Q

Name two top 1er crus in the north of Nuits-St-George?

A

Aux Boudots

Aux Murgers

150
Q

Name two top 1er crus in the south of Nuits-St-Georges?

A

Les Saint Georges
Les Porret
Les Perriers
Les Pruliers

151
Q

Name four top producers in Nuits-St-George?

A 
Domaine Henri Gouges
Domaine Robert Chevillion
Domaine Faiveley
Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron
Domaine Alain Michelot
Domaine l'Arlot
152
Q

This is the southern most 1er cru of the Cote de Nuits?

A

Clos de Marechale (Domaine JF Mugnier monopole)

153
Q

How many acres does Corton Grand Cru AOP represent?

154
Q

These two grand cru AOPs produce only white from the hill of Corton?

A

Corton Charlemagne AOP

Charlemagne AOP

155
Q

The only red wine producing grand cru of the Cote de Beaune?

156
Q

Name the three communes that encircle the hill of Corton?

A

Ladoix-Serigny
Pernand-Vergelesses
Aloxe-Corton

157
Q

These climats tends to produce the highest quality Pinot noir from the Corton AOP?

A

Corton Clos du Roi
Corton Bressandes
Corton Renardes

158
Q

Le Charlemage is found in which commune? En Charlemage?

A

a) Aloxe-Corton

b) Pernand-Vergelesses

159
Q

Name an important climat of Corton contained within Ladoix-Serigny?

A

Le Rognet et Corton

- contains Clos des Cortons Faiveley (Domaine Faiveley self-proclaimed/tolerated monopole)

160
Q

How do wines from En Charlemagne differ from those of Le Charlemage?

A

The western aspect produces wines that are more austere than its counterpart which has more southern-oriented exposure

161
Q

Name three top domaines in Pernand-Vergelesses.

A

Dubreil-Fontane
Bonneau du Martray
Rapet

162
Q

The only domaine in BUrgundy to produce wines exclusively from grand cru vineyard(s)?

A

Bonneau du Martray

163
Q

Louis Latour is found in this commune?

A

Aloxe-Corton

164
Q

The largest land-owning entity in Corton/Corton-Charlemagne?

A

Louis Latour

165
Q

Name two 1er crus in Savigny-Les-Beaune?

A

Les Vergelesses

Aux Serpentieres

166
Q

Simon Bize is the top producer in __________________?

A

Savigny-Les-Beaune

167
Q

Name three large negociant houses found in Beaune?

A

Louis Jadot
Joseph Drouhin
Bouchard Pere et Fils

168
Q

This commune is the largest producer in the Cote de Beaune?

A

Beaune AOP

169
Q

Clos de Mouche is found in? Belongs to?

A

a) Beaune AOP (bordering Pommard)

b) Joseph Drouhin

170
Q

Where does Vigne l’Infant Jesus come from home?

A

A lieu-dit within 1er cru Beaune Greves

171
Q

Explain why the wines of Pommard are more sturdy/full bodied.

A

Erosion depositing a surplus of iron rich-clay on the villages lower slopes

172
Q

Name three top vineyard sources of Pinot noir in Pommard? Two top producers?

A

a) Clos des Grand Epeneaux
Grands Epenots
Pezerolles
Les Rugien Bas

b) Courcel
Comte Armand

173
Q

True or False: More than half of Volnay’s acreage is rated as 1er cru?

174
Q

Name four plots within Meursault that may be labeled as Volnay 1er Cru Santenots if red?

A

Santenots de Mileu
Les Santenots Blanc
Les Plures
Les Santenots Dessous

175
Q

True or False: More than one-third of the 1er crus in Volnay are monopoles?

176
Q

Name three monopoles/their owners in Volnay?

A

Les Clos du Chateau des Ducs (Lafarge)
Clos d’ Audignac (Pousse d’Or)
Clos des Ducs (d’Angerville)

177
Q

Four top 1er crus of Volnay?

A 
Les Mitans
Les Tallipieds
Clos des ducs
Fremiet
Santenots
178
Q

Monthelie producer these kinds of wine? One 1er cru site?

A

a) red; white

b) Sur la Velle

179
Q

The only vineyard in the Cote d’Or that has “climat” in its name?

A

Climat du Val (Auxey-Durress AOP)

180
Q

Where is Maison Leroy located?

A

Auxey-Durress AOP

181
Q

This commune produces the most white wine in the Cote d’Or?

A

Meursault AOP

182
Q

Albert Grivault’s walled vineyard in Meursault?

A

Clos des Perrieres

183
Q

If the four 1er crus above Perrieres in Meursault produce a red wine, which AOP is entitled to?

A

Blagny AOP

184
Q

This vineyard is the backyard of the Lafon estate?

A

Clos de la Barre

185
Q

Name three important liuex-dit of Meursault?

A

Clos de la Barre
Le Tesson
Les Tillets
Les Narvaux

186
Q

Blagny AOP’s vineyards are divided between?

A

Puligny-Montrachet

Meursault

187
Q

If a wine from Blagny is white, what can it be labeled as? Red?

A

a) Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault

b) Blagny AOP

188
Q

Name the two grand crus shared by Puligny and Chassagne?

A

Montrachet

Batard-Montrachet

189
Q

These grand crus are located exclusively in Puligny-Montrachet?

A

Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet

Chevalier-Montrachet

190
Q

How many owners do you find in Montrachet?

191
Q

These grand crus lie below Montrachet on the slope in Puligny? Above?

A

a) Batard-Montrachet, Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet

b) Chevalier-Montrachet

192
Q

How many 1er crus will you find in Puligny-Montrachet?

193
Q

Name three top-tier 1er crus of Puligny?

A 
Le Cailleret
Les Pucelles
Les Demoiselles
La Garenne
Les Combettes
194
Q

Three top producers in Meursault?

A

Roulot
Coche-Dury
Lafon

195
Q

Four of Puligny’s best producers?

A 
Leflaive
Jacques Carillion
Paul Pernot
Etienne Sauzet
Chavy's (Alain, Jean-Louis, Phillippe)
196
Q

Two producers that bottle a Chevalier-Montrachet “Demoiselles?”

A

Jadot

Latour

197
Q

The two largest 1er crus of Puligny-Montrachet?

A

Les Folatiers

Les Champs Gain

198
Q

The largest owner of Montrachet acreage?

A

Marquis de Laguiche (Joseph Drouhin makes the wines from this parcel)

199
Q

The largest owner of Chevalier-Montrachet acreage?

A

Bouchard Pere et Fils

200
Q

The Chassagne side of Montrachet is known as?

A

Le Montrachet

201
Q

When did the trend in Chassagne transition from red to white wine?

202
Q

This grand cru is clained entirely by Chassagne?

A

Criots-Batard-Montrachet

203
Q

This is the smallest white wine-producing grand cru in Burgundy?

A

Criots-Batard-Montrachet

204
Q

How many 1er crus are found in Chassagne?

205
Q

Chassagne’s largest 1er cru?

206
Q

Name the family’s whose descendants control a large percentage of Chassagne-Montrachet.

A

Moreys’
Gagnards’
Colins’

207
Q

Name (8) sources of Domaine Ramonet?

A 
All four grand crus
Les Ruchottes
Morgeot
Les Vergers
Le Cailleret
208
Q

Name the hamlet in St. Aubin where the grape bearing the same name is believed to be from?

209
Q

Three great vineyard sources in St. Aubin?

A

Les Murgers des Dents de Chein
La Chateniere
En Remilly

210
Q

Name the hamlet of Santenay?

211
Q

The two top climats of Santenay?

A

Les Gravieres

Clos de Tavannes

212
Q

This is the southern-most outpost of the Cote d’Or?

A

Maranges AOP

213
Q

Name the area given Bourgogne AOP status in 2008 that rests between Maranges AOP & the Cote Chalonnaise?

A

Cotes du Couchois

214
Q

This element typically delays ripening in the Cote Chalonnaise?

A

Winds (from the west)

215
Q

Is rose wine permitted in the Cote Chalonnaise?

216
Q

The focus of Bouzeron AOP?

217
Q

This was the birthplace of sparkling wine in Burgundy and the center for Cremant de Bourgogne AOP? Which century? Red or white focus?

A

a) Rully
b) 19th
c) White

218
Q

True of False: Mercurey’s focus is red wine?

219
Q

This significant domaine owns more than 30ha in mercurey?

A

Domaine Faiveley

220
Q

Givry produces mostly __________ wines?

221
Q

Montagny AOP only permits ___________ wines from the ___________ grape?

A

a) White

b) Chardonnay

222
Q

This region is the second largest producer of white wine in Burgundy?

223
Q

Only ___________ wines may be labeled as Macon-Villages.

224
Q

True or False: Varietally labeled Gamay is not allowed in the Maconnais?

225
Q

Name the five village AOPs of the Maconnais?

A 
Vire-Clesse
Saint-Veran
Pouilly-Fuisse
Pouilly-Loche
Pouilly-Vinzelles
226
Q

When is Beaujolais noveau released?

A

3rd Thursday of November

227
Q

The largest producer in Beaujolais?

A

Georges Doboeuf

228
Q

Southern Beaujolais accounts for which sector of the region’s production?

A

Bulk red wine & Chardonnay

229
Q

What additional requirement does Beaujolais superieur ask for?

A

Potential alcohol beyond 10.5%

230
Q

In what year was Beaujolais-Villages AOP subsumed under the larger Beaujolais AOP?

231
Q

These three crus of Beaujolais tend to produce the lightest and most fruit-forward wines?

A

Brouilly, Chiroubles, Regnie

232
Q

These three crus tend to produces the middle-weight styles of Beaujolais?

A

Saint-Amour
Fleurie
Chenas

233
Q

These four crus in Beaujolais tend to produce the most-structured and age-worthy wines?

A

Morgon
Julienas
Moulin-A-Vent
Cote-de-Brouilly

234
Q

Name all 10 crus of Beaujolais arranged from north to south?

A 
Saint-Amour
Julienas
Chenas
Moulin-A-Vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles
Morgon
Regnie 
Brouilly
Cote-de-Brouilly
235
Q

Name a famous lieux-dit of Morgon? Julienas? Fleurie?

A

a) Cote du Py
b) Les Capitans
c) La Madone

236
Q

Two well-known producers of Julienas?

A

Pascal Granger

Domaine du Clos du Fiet

237
Q

What are Chenas AOP wines allowed to be labeled as?

A

Moulin-A-Vent AOP

238
Q

The Jadot operation based in Moulin-A-Vent?

A

Chateau des Jacques

239
Q

Fleurie has a high concentration of this type of granite? Which other cru has a similar soil composition?

A

a) Pink

b) Moulin-A-Vent

240
Q

Four top producers of Fleurie?

A 
Metras
Julien Sunier
Yann Bertand
Clos de la Roilette
Dutraive
241
Q

This is the highest-elevation cru in Beaujolais?

A

Chiroubles

242
Q

Name each producer in Kermit Lynch’s “Gang of Four.”

A

Thevenet
Lapierre
Foillard
Breton

243
Q

Most natural winemaking in Beaujolais was inspired by this figure?

A

Jules Chauvet

244
Q

This is the youngest cru to be added to the ten of Beaujolais?

A

Regnie AOP (1988)

245
Q

This is the largest cru in Beaujolais?

246
Q

The _______________ occupies the hillside of Mont Brouilly?

A

Cote de Brouilly AOP

247
Q

The great producer the Cote de Brouilly?

A

Chateau Thivin

248
Q

The only 1er cru in Vosne-Romanee that doesn’t touch a grand cru?

A

Clos de Reas

249
Q

Geographic channels that funnel cool air in the Cote?

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